Samsung's press conference is at 6:30pm EDT this evening and I'll be there covering it for you. Report should be up late tonight or tomorrow morning - depending on how late I get back from New York. Stay tuned....

Tech Radar is reporting that Amazon UK is putting the Galaxy Tab up for sale at £799 and Clove are listing it as £615. By contrast, the 64GB iPad is selling for £699. Evidently this isn't a rumor, because Tech Radar says: "... Samsung confirmed to TechRadar recently that the post £600 price point is indeed genuine, although it may change before launch". Very disappointing. I don't see any way the Tab can compete with an iPad that has better overall specs. One has to hope for a carrier subsidy - but even that may be a problem. ...

Actually, Thursday evening at 6:30 pm EST. TeleRead's been invited to attend the "preview" of the Galaxy Tab by Samsung in New York. I'll be there and let you know what I find out. I'm really, really interested in getting my hands on this thing....

 + Baidu, Most Used Site in China Begins Selling e-Books (via Bloomberg News) Baidu also provides a popular search engine. Baidu info page in English. + China: The E-Reader Boom (by Yu Shujyun, Beijing Review) + OPDS [Open Publishing Distribution System Catalog] Primer on Feedbooks (by Paul Biba, TeleRead) + Video Notre Dame ereader study (by Paul Biba, TeleRead) + Macmillan Dictionaries Launches Apps (by Victoria Gallagher, The Bookseller) + Kobo Powering Samsung Galaxy Tab E-Book Reader (by David Pierce, PC Magazine) + Staples to Carry Kindles (by Eric Engleman, TechFlash) + Videos From Multiple Sources: Sony Launches Three New E-Readers (via Newsy) + New Kindles reinforce e-reader's...

That's what the Financial Times is saying. Their Tech Blog has given its first impressions. Clearly the market for this device, which was designed by Samsung's phone division, not its computer division, is smartphone users, with such user's interest in portability. Also: Samsung scores easy wins with features Apple left out. Video calling (which I wasn’t able to test in my brief look yesterday) to a tablet fulfils a future-is-now fantasy (although Apple is bringing that to the iPod touch too). The front and back cameras can also work with augmented-reality apps, such as Google’s own Places or Layar, which...

It's been a big news week in Australia in the world of ebooks - as it has overseas. But, for this much-overlooked corner of the world, ebooks have started to take their first tentative steps into the mainstream, and the logjam of rights, content and device issues has started to free up. In short, some important players in book publishing and selling here have evidently been looking at the whole "ebook thing" and decided that rather than a fad, it's the inevitable direction of the book industry. To be fair, I'm sure this happened a while back but, aside from one major...

As I mentioned below, we will be at the US release of the Tab, and now here is some great news for Kobo. From the Samsung press release: As a new category of device, the Samsung GALAXY Tab brings a wealth of mobile experiences. Its striking 7” TFT-LCD display delivers exciting mobile experience for watching films, viewing pictures, e-reading or sharing documents. In design, its light (380g) build provides perfect portability, with its svelte dimensions making it easy to grip and use. Supporting the latest Adobe Flash Player 10.1, the Samsung GALAXY Tab fully supports swift, seamless viewing of every...